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Ellen says "allow at least 2 pounds raw well trimmed for each 5 people and I go for 2 pounds for 4 if they are heavy eaters or it is self serve." SOURCE: http://www.ellenskitchen.com/forum/messages/8118.html
about 35 pounds
That should be about 15 -18 pounds.
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If you allow 8oz of raw sausage (about 6oz cooked) per person your will need 100lb of sausage for 200 people.
Estimate approximately 4oz per (Adult) guest. So that's 4 guests per pound of cooked meat or about 25 pounds of cooked brisket. Remember a brisket looses approximately 20% of it raw weight when cooked. Average brisket weights 9-12lbs lets call it 10lbs for easy math. when cooked it will serve at about 8 lbs and so you would buy 3 briskets that each weigh slightly more than 10 lbs. Brisket is a very fatty coarse meat that shrinks markedly when cooked; when smoking, experienced grill masters expect 40-50% shrinkage. Even cooked low and slow in the oven, you lose at least 1/3. In addition, unless you are just making sandwiches, 1 pound cooked only serves 3 people in party type situations. I allow 1 pound raw for each 2 persons. ellenskitchen.com
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thousands of people
no. many people eat them raw. they are nuts.
Pounds and pounds of raw meat, with some raw eggs to wash it all down.
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Yes, many people enjoy raw eggs.